The Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee ( ro, Comitetul Olimpic și Sportiv Român, COSR) is responsible for
Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...
's participation in the
Olympic Games
The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ...
.
History
The Romanian Olympic Committee ( ro, Comitetul Olimpic Român) was formed in 1914 in
Bucharest
Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...
. In 2004 it changed its name to ''Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee''.
Presidents
The following is a list of presidents of the Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee since its creation in 1914.
IOC Members
This is a list a IOC Members:
Executive committee
The committee of the COSR is represented by:
* President:
Mihai Covaliu
Mihai Claudiu Covaliu (born 5 November 1977 in Brașov) is a Romanian retired sabre fencer, Olympic champion in 2000 and world champion in 2005, and coach of the Romanian men's sabre team. He is also ex-president of the Romanian Fencing Federat ...
* Vice Presidents:
Octavian Morariu,
Camelia Potec,
Alexandru Dedu
* Secretary General:
George Boroi
* Treasurer:
Vasile Luga
* Members:
Irina Deleanu
Irina Deleanu (born November 12, 1975) is a former individual rhythmic gymnast from Romania.
Biography
In the 1992 World Championships she won the bronze medal in rope. She retired from the sport in 1993. An annual Rhythmic Gymnastics competit ...
,
Sandu Pop,
Cristinel Romanescu,
Adrian Stoica,
Gheorghe Visan Gheorghe is a Romanian given name and surname. It is a variant of George, also a name in Romanian but with soft Gs. It may refer to:
Given name
* Gheorghe Adamescu
* Gheorghe Albu
* Gheorghe Alexandrescu
* Gheorghe Andriev
* Gheorghe Apostol
* ...
,
Alina Dumitru
Alina Dumitru (; born 30 August 1982) is a Romanian judoka, one-time Olympic champion and eight-time European champion. At the 2008 Summer Olympics she defeated Japanese double gold medallist Ryoko Tani, who until then had been undefeated in ma ...
,
Doina Melinte
Doina Ofelia Melinte (; née Beșliu on 27 December 1956) is a retired Romanians, Romanian middle-distance runner. She competed at four Olympics (1980–92), and won a gold medal in the 800 metres and a silver medal in the 1500 metres in 1984. S ...
,
Georgeta Damian
Georgeta Damian (married name Andruanche, born 14 April 1976 in Botoșani) is a female rower from Romania and winner of five Olympic gold medals. She married the rower Valeriu Andrunache in 2006.
Damian rowed in the Romanian Women's eight, th ...
,
Viorica Susanu
Viorica Susanu (born 29 October 1975 in Galaţi) is a Romanian rower and winner of four Olympic Gold medals.
Susanu rowed in the Romanian women's eight that won the World Rowing Championships in 1997, 1998 and 1999, and the 2000 Summer Olympic ...
,
Puiu Gaspar Puiu () is both a Romanian masculine given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
* Cristi Puiu (born 1967), Romanian film director and screenwriter
*Visarion Puiu
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,
Alexandru Hălăucă
Alexandru Hălăucă (born August 12, 1957) is a former Romanian ice hockey player. He played for the Romania men's national ice hockey team at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, and the 1980 Winter Olympics
The 1980 Winter Olympics, offic ...
,
Valentin Amato Zaharia
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Member federations
The Romanian National Federations are the organizations that coordinate all aspects of their individual sports. They are responsible for training, competition and development of their sports. There are currently 28 Olympic Summer. and 4 Winter
List of Winter Olympic Sports on official site
/ref> Sport Federations in Romania.
See also
* Romania at the Olympics
References
External links
Official website
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Olympic
Olympic or Olympics may refer to
Sports
Competitions
* Olympic Games, international multi-sport event held since 1896
** Summer Olympic Games
** Winter Olympic Games
* Ancient Olympic Games, ancient multi-sport event held in Olympia, Greece b ...
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Sports organizations established in 1914